On: How Not to Pitch to a Startup

[atarashi]

If you're going to focus on style, you should use "prompts the question" or "raises the question."

http://begthequestion.info/

[davi → atarashi]

Yes, "begs the question" is misused all the time.

"Now, that being said, it begs the question of <whatever>" -- the sentence was tongue-in-cheek. I was illustrating, in a mocking way, the style I don't like.

Sorry for the troll.

[atarashi → davi]

Now I see. I totally missed that...

[bdr → atarashi]

"Prompts" sounds stilted, "raises" is an extra syllable.

[atarashi → bdr]

I agree that "prompts" sounds stilted, but are you seriously advocating using something that's incorrect -- "begs" -- instead of "raises" just because it's slightly shorter?

[bdr → atarashi]

Yep. "Begs" isn't incorrect anymore. Your pointless battle was lost before you ever started caring.